Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war / Amanda Laugesen.
2017
Z473.F726 .L38 2017
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Title
Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war / Amanda Laugesen.
Author
Laugesen, Amanda, author.
ISBN
9781625343093
9781613765463 (electronic book)
9781625343086
9781613765463 (electronic book)
9781625343086
Published
Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations.
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Z473.F726 .L38 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
381/.4500209730904
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
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Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war.
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Table of Contents
Introduction. American Cold War book empires
Books for a new war
Book diplomacy in the Middle East
A world of books, an empire of books
Book work as modernization
Book modernization in Africa and Latin America
The decline and end of Franklin Book Programs
Conclusion. Assessing the legacy.
Books for a new war
Book diplomacy in the Middle East
A world of books, an empire of books
Book work as modernization
Book modernization in Africa and Latin America
The decline and end of Franklin Book Programs
Conclusion. Assessing the legacy.